new 90 gal

[purpleoctopus]

building a new 90gal with 40-60 sump and ref. resealing tank. update a week from tomorow on the tank reseal. plus i picked up some new equipment.

 

[Fritzhamer]

Cool! Keep us posted.

 

[purpleoctopus]

building a new 90gal with 40-60 sump and ref. resealing tank. update a week from tomorow on the tank reseal. plus i picked up some new equipment.

 

[purpleoctopus]

reef oct 200
48" led lights

 

[purpleoctopus]

reef oct 200
48" led lights

hawaian black sand

 

[purpleoctopus]

new sump pump just came in but i havent had time to reseal the tank yet bc ive been working a lot. i have decided to go with a 40 breeder for my skimmer/refugium/sump. im going to try to reseal the tank this weekend and build my 40 s/r/s. i will take photos along the way and up date.

 

[purpleoctopus]

taped up and ready to re-seal tonight! more to come.

 

[purpleoctopus]

tank re-seal update... lank is full and has been for a few hours with no leaks. working on sump/ref/pump return now(second pic). ill be buying glass this week to section it off and silicone. i should be able to cycle the tank in the next week and a half to two weeks. its a 40gallon breeder.

 

[purpleoctopus]

tank re-seal update... lank is full and has been for a few hours with no leaks. working on sump/ref/pump return now(second pic). ill be buying glass this week to section it off and silicone. i should be able to cycle the tank in the next week and a half to two weeks. its a 40gallon breeder.

 

[purpleoctopus]

glass for the sump/ ref/ pump is ordered and will be here in 3-5 days then i can build the lower tank and fill them up. cant wait so excited to get fish in the tank.

 

[RyanCSGO]

awesome! what are you doing for the overflow? HOB or are you planning on drilling the tank?

 

[purpleoctopus]

i already drilled the tank. u can see the holes if u look close in the tank pictures. two for drain and two for return

 

[purpleoctopus]

refugium is all siliconed and stand has been modified to fit the 40gal breeder. nate dog helpped out and is picking the first fish. more to come!

 

[purpleoctopus]

new refugium

 

[KSReefing]

Good luck with your build! Excited to watch. I just picked up a reef ready 90 gallon locally from our facebook group for 80 bucks.

 

[purpleoctopus]

sweet!

 

[purpleoctopus]

cant wait to fill the tank and ref this week

 

[Wiz]

Lookin great man. Almost time for a bigger tank

 

[purpleoctopus]

does anyone know where i can find 1" return loc lines or have any ideas?

 

[purpleoctopus]

refrac and bulk heads just came in.